Atlanta Symphony Puts Off Start of Season Amid Labor Strife
With its musicians locked out, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has canceled concerts through November 8, including Thursday’s scheduled 2014-15 season opener, writes ArtsATL.
Boston Taps Chicago Arts Leader to Head New Culture Office
Fulfilling a campaign promise to elevate the arts as a City Hall priority, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh named a chief cultural officer Tuesday, restoring the position to cabinet-level status, The Boston Globe reports. Julie Burros, who has led Chicago’s municipal arts efforts since 2000, will come to Boston in December with a mandate to develop a broad plan to bolster the city’s cultural institutions and community of artists.
Small Israeli Charities Struggling as High Holidays Start
As the beginning of Rosh Hashana on Wednesday marks the onset of the traditional Jewish season of giving, nonprofits serving Israel’s needy are seeing donations decline as a result of the outpouring of philanthropy during the Gaza war, according to USA Today.
Clinton Global Initiative Draws 188 New Pledges
See a wrapup of grant commitments and other highlights from the annual event, which ended Wednesday.
By Megan O’Neil
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Livestrong Leader Doug Ulman to Step Down in January
The CEO who steered the cancer charity to global ubiquity then had to manage the fallout from founder Lance Armstrong’s cheating scandal told the Associated Press Monday that he is leaving Livestrong to become the head of fundraising bike ride Pelotonia.
Charities Join N.Y. Council on Legal Aid for Migrant Kids
The Robin Hood Foundation, the New York Community Trust, and the City Council have pledged a combined $1.9-million to provide representation and other assistance to unaccompanied immigrant children as the Obama administration implements an accelerated deportation process, reports The New York Times.
Hong Kong Is Top Foreign Source of Big U.S. College Gifts
Even before Gerald and Ronnie Chan’s donations this month to Harvard and the University of Southern California, Hong Kong donors were the biggest source of major contributions to American higher education, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Advertising Council Taps Ex-Cable Executive as New President
The nonprofit organization that works with ad firms to craft public-service campaigns for charities and causes has named marketing and media veteran Lisa Sherman its new president and CEO, reports The New York Times.
Minn. Audit Alleges Social-Service Charity Misspent $870,000
Community Action of Minneapolis is disputing auditors’ findings that the nonprofit spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on personal or questionable expenses, including bonuses, trips to resorts, and a car loan for the charity’s top executive, according to the Star Tribune.
U.K. Man’s Giveaway of $26-Million Fortune Ends Marriage
Self-made multimillionaire Brian Burnie’s decision to plow all his wealth into charity after his wife survived breast cancer destroyed their 30-year marriage, according to U.K. newspaper the Sunday Mirror.